Many say exploration is part of our destiny, but it’s actually our duty to future generations and their quest to ensure the survival of the human species.
My first biography written in ’73 was not ‘Journey To The Moon.’ It was ‘Return To Earth.’ Because for me, that was the more difficult task – disappointment.
They didn’t tell me I was going into space until after they locked the shuttle doors and started counting down.
At 10,000 feet, the 3 parachutes would come out, a little lower the pressure of the atmosphere outside was greater than inside, and we could smell the salt air and it was very encouraging to return to earth.
I still say, ‘Shoot for the moon; you might get there.’
As we reflect back upon the tragic loss of Challenger and her brave crew of heroes who were aboard that fateful day, I am reminded that they truly represented the best of us, as they climbed aloft on a plume of propellant gasses, reaching for the stars, to inspire us who were Earthbound.
Don’t waste your time on beaming people up or down. Instead, consider gravity waves as advanced physics of the universe that could be used to travel interstellar distances.
History will remember the inhabitants of this century as the people who went from Kitty Hawk to the moon in 66 years, only to languish for the next 30 in low Earth orbit. At the core of the risk-free society is a self-indulgent failure of nerve.
The feeling of reduced gravity and the limitations of the space suit resulted in a slow-motion movement. Perhaps not too far from a trampoline, but without the springiness and instability.
We feel that this stands as a symbol of the insatiable curiosity of all mankind to explore the unknown.
Only a large-volume market like space travel can attack the barrier of high costs.
When you’re in a spacecraft, you need to know what things you can touch and what things you shouldn’t touch!
Mars is the symbolic and totally stimulating next objective that could so dominate the next century’s exploration efforts. From Mars, the resources of all the asteroids will become readily available.
What comes after the moon? I think you can guess: Mars.
There should be an international lunar base. That is certainly doable.
If you want to say that the sky is black, and if I’m there, even if I fall back down again, I will be weightless for a period of time – maybe that’s the definition of space.
Unfortunately, pioneers will always pave the way with sacrifices.
My petite little platinum blonde beauty of a wife suddenly turned into a public-relations dynamo. “The business is Buzz!” she proclaimed, and indeed so it became.
History gets reinterpreted as time goes on. Many times, the participants are lost in the retelling of the story.
With his deeds, not only words, President Obama has revitalized our struggling space program.